VCE Dance
Subject Overview
VCE Dance provides opportunities for students to explore the potential of movement as a means of creative expression and communication. In VCE Dance students create and perform their own dance works as well as studying the dance works of others through performance and analysis. Dance is a combination of both theory and practical work.
VCE Dance prepares students to be creative, innovative and productive contributors to society as professional and social performers and makers of new dance works. The study also prepares students to be discerning, reflective and critical viewers of dance and provides pathways to training and tertiary study in dance performance and associated careers within the dance industry.
**New study design in 2026, some assessment tasks may change.
Unit 1 & 2
In Unit 1 & 2 you will:
- Be part of group performances
- Create your own choreography
- Analyse dance performance and technique
- Analyse choreography, performance and dance-making
- Develop awareness and maintenance of the dancer’s body
Unit 3 & 4
In Unit 3 & 4 you will:
- Perform in a group
- Create your own choreography
- Analyse choreography, performance and dance-making
- Analyse dance technique and performance
Types of Assessment
- Performances
- Tests
- Oral Presentations
- Investigative presentations
- Written examinations
Class Activities
- Learn group dances
- Study dances
- Improvisation
- Look at the processes involved in making our own dances from conception to presentation
- Own choreography
Careers that may link to this subject area
- Choreographer
- Entertainer
- Film/Stage Actor
- Music Therapist
- Professional Dancer
- Teacher
- Theatrical Manger